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Topic	Firefighter DESTROYS modern math teaching
ChocoboMog123 04/23/21 2:03:48 AM #121:	joe40001 posted... You should be able to pass any math class if you can get the right answer, but if you get the wrong answer partial credit only applies if you show your work and do you work right. I don't support punishing people who have an intuition for conventional math techniques to aid the kids who never liked math in the first place. 64/16 Cancel the 6s 4/1 4 Right answer, completely wrong method. The point of the test isn't to get the correct answer, it's to show understanding. Here's a classic: https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/3x9.png In higher level math, it's often easy to guess the answer and verify. Sometimes that helps to work backwards and solve the problem, but if you don't show that you can actually complete the problem it's pointless. I can say, "P != NP", but there's no point to just saying so without proving it. --- "You're sorely underestimating the power of nostalgia goggles." - adjl http://www.smbc-comics.com/comics/20110218.gif <cite>ChocoboMog123 posted [p:953133597] in Firefighte... [t:79419721]...</cite> <quote>joe40001 posted... </cite> <quote> You should be able to pass any math class if you can get the right answer, but if you get the wrong answer partial credit only applies if you show your work and do you work right. I don't support punishing people who have an intuition for conventional math techniques to aid the kids who never liked math in the first place.</quote>64/16 Cancel the 6s 4/1 4 Right answer, completely wrong method. The point of the test isn't to get the correct answer, it's to show understanding. Here's a classic: https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/3x9.png In higher level math, it's often easy to guess the answer and verify. Sometimes that helps to work backwards and solve the problem, but if you don't show that you can actually complete the problem it's pointless. I can say, "P != NP", but there's no point to just saying so without proving it. --- "You're sorely underestimating the power of nostalgia goggles." - adjl http://www.smbc-comics.com/comics/20110218.gif</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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